Maybe it was too good a lie.’We had started to walk, hand in hand. I felt better able to talk since my last bout of tears. We walked, and we walked,...I told him everything that Pete and I had talked about, the fact we’d ended up having sex, I left out details, I needed those details kept between me and Pete. I didn’t want to accidentally dishonour him any more than I already had. Liam listened, he held my hand tight. I left one little detail out until right at the end, when Liam thought I’d told. He went and parked his private truck, went inside and signed the county truck out choosing the route to the end of the south town line that no one else wanted.As he walked out he grabbed two cups of hot chocolate and headed to the county truck. Luke passed her a cup and put his in the holder, flipping a switch on and the flashing lights all came on and he pulled out.Sarah sat quietly until Luke noticed and asked her if it was the first time she’d been in a big truck and she said that his truck. When a wipe occurs, every town in every world will be run by NPCs. If you manage to kill all of the NPCs defending a town, as well as the boss in control of it, and hold it for a week afterwards, then the town is yours. Once it is yours, it is up to you to defend it.”“Good to know,” Mason replied. “There is a hospital or something in town, right? Our friend’s vest absorbed a hit and some ribs might be broken.”“Hospitals aren’t really needed in casual mode but we do have a small clinic. It is. Back in the room I sit on the sofa opposite. I know better than to go to him just yet. I know what he wants to see. I will wait for the sign to begin. I lean forward and gulp deep on my gin, the fluid warming me, numbing me to the proceedings ahead? Dutch courage? Not really? I have been here many times before. Why does he excite me so much, when all I feel is “dirty”? Suddenly Jason’s tumbler goes down firm on the table. It is the sign. I slowly stand, a bit wobbly on the heels due to the.